Ex-drummer 'on wrong side of road' before crash

The former drummer with the Wonder Stuff rode his motorbike like a "muppet" moments before it crashed, an inquest heard yesterday. Martin Gilks, 41, was spotted speeding, driving on the wrong side of the road and tailgating by motorist Tim Dunn in Putney Bridge Road, Wandsworth, south London, before the crash in April.

Mr Gilks suffered a broken pelvis and wrist and internal bleeding. He died in hospital the following day. His pillion passenger, Erica Boyle, suffered a broken leg. Westminster deputy coroner Shirley Radcliffe recorded a verdict of traumatic road death.